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Tampa Bay Falls 5-2 to Canadiens - Recap
Montreal skated to a 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay on Sunday in NHL action at Amalie Arena.
Bettors who backed the Canadiens were rewarded as +171 underdogs at sportsbooks. Over-Under bettors saw the total score go OVER the closing total of 6.5.
Montreal got goals from Christian Dvorak, Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher, Joel Armia, and Alex Newhook in the victory. Newhook opened the scoring at 12:07 of the first period.
Sam Montembeault stopped 21 of 23 Tampa Bay shots in the victory.
Nikita Kucherov, and Brandon Hagel scored for the Lightning, finding the net behind Sam Montembeault.
Tampa Bay got a 31-stop effort from Jonas Johansson in the loss.
On the power play, Montreal went 0-for-2, while the Lightning were 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Montreal by a margin of 36-23.
Next game, Montreal takes its act on the road to face Vegas looking for another win. For Tampa Bay, they head on the road to face San Jose.